US embassy cable - 05SANTODOMINGO899

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 000899 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR (MCISAAC), L/LEI (TAYLOR AND FUENTES) 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR CRIM/OIA (MAZUREK, ORJALES, 
SOKOHL) 
U.S. MARSHAL SERVICE PLEASE PASS TO CHRIS DUDLEY 
DEA FOR OF, OFI, DO, DCO 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: CJAN, KCRM, SNAR, KJUS, PREL, DR 
SUBJECT: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTRADITES PAULINO CASTILLO TO 
U.S. 
 
REF: A. STATE 04218 
 
     B. STATE 14556 
     C. SANTO DOMINGO 00799 
 
1.  (U)  This cable contains an action request.  See 
paragraph 5. 
 
2.  (U)  On February 19, 2005, Quirino Ernesto Paulino 
Castillo was extradited from the Dominican Republic to the 
United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal.  Paulino 
Castillo, reftels A and B, is wanted to stand trial in the 
Southern District of New York on federal narcotics charges. 
 
3.  (U)  Paulino Castillo was arrested by the Dominican 
National Directorate of Drug Control (DNCD) after a 
successful joint investigation by the DNCD and the U.S. Drug 
Enforcement Administration.  The extradition of Paulino 
Castillo is the first extradition case subject to the 
provisions of the new Dominican Criminal Procedural Code (ref 
c).  Septel will provide greater detail on the new 
extradition process in the Dominican Republic. 
 
4.  (U)  Paulino Castillo is the sixteenth fugitive subject 
to extradition returned to the United States during the 
second administration of President Leonel Fernandez.  He is 
the third fugitive returned from the Dominican Republic the 
United States in 2005. 
 
5.  (U)  ACTION REQUEST.  The Dominican Attorney General's 
office has requested the USG provide it with the final case 
disposition and sentence information in all cases in which a 
fugitive subject to extradition is returned to the United 
States.  Embassy Santo Domingo requests the Department and 
Department of Justice provide us case disposition and 
sentencing information on Paulino Castillo as soon as it 
becomes available. 
KUBISKE